‘Sadistic monster’ gets 15 years for abusing parents

A CONVICTED stalker, who starved, imprisoned, assaulted and humiliated his sick elderly parents for almost six months, was dubbed a “sadistic monster” by Judge Anthony Kennedy (pictured) yesterday.

“In my 40 years prosecuting, defending and judging cases of every sort, I thought I had seen it all. Well I haven’t,” Judge Kennedy told Tullamore Circuit Court. Sentencing the man to 15 years in prison, Judge Kennedy said the case was “enough to leave anyone aghast at such evil”.

John Trimble (not pictured), aged 39, Bolart, Clara, Co Offaly, admitted falsely imprisoning his parents, 70-year-old Elizabeth and 71-year-old John at the family home on dates between March 7 and March 12, 2009.